Threat Intelligence Quality Dimensions for Research and Practice

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Zibak ◽  
Clemens Sauerwein ◽  
Andrew Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Delphi Study ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Modified Delphi ◽  
Intelligence Sharing ◽  
Threat Intelligence ◽  
Quality Dimensions ◽  
Revised Definitions ◽  
Cyber Threat Intelligence ◽  
Common Barriers

As the adoption and diversity of cyber threat intelligence solutions continue to grow, questions about their effectiveness, particularly in regards to the quality of the data they provide, remain unanswered. Several studies have highlighted data quality issues as one of the most common barriers to effective threat intelligence sharing. Nevertheless, research and practice lack a common understanding of the expected quality of threat intelligence. To investigate these issues, our research utilised a systematic literature review followed by a modified Delphi study that involved 30 threat intelligence experts in Europe. We identify a set of threat intelligence quality dimensions along with revised definitions for threat data, information and intelligence.

Priorities for paediatric critical care research: a modified Delphi study by the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Paediatric Study Group

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-201
Author(s):  
Sainath *Raman ◽  
◽  
Georgia *Brown ◽  
*Equal first authors ◽  
Debbie Long ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Critical Care ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Delphi Study ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Modified Delphi ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Paediatric Critical Care

OBJECTIVE: Most interventions in paediatric critical care lack high grade evidence. We aimed to identify the key research priorities and key clinical outcome measures pertinent to research in paediatric intensive care patients. DESIGN: Modified three-stage Delphi study combining staged online surveys, followed by a face-to-face discussion and final voting. SETTING: Paediatric intensive care units in Australia and New Zealand. PARTICIPANTS: Medical and nursing staff working in intensive care. MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS: Self-reported priorities for research. RESULTS: 193 respondents provided a total of 267 research questions and 234 outcomes. In Stage 3, the top 56 research questions and 50 outcomes were discussed face to face, which allowed the identification of the top 20 research questions with the Hanlon prioritisation score and the top 20 outcomes. Topics centred on the use of intravenous fluids (restrictive v liberal fluids, use of fluid resuscitation bolus, early inotrope use, type of intravenous fluid, and assessment of fluid responsiveness), and patient- and family-centred outcomes (health-related quality of life, liberation) emerged as priorities. While mortality, length of stay, and organ support/organ dysfunction were considered important and the most feasible outcomes, long term quality of life and neurodevelopmental measures were rated highly in terms of their importance. CONCLUSIONS: Using a modified Delphi method, this study provides guidance towards prioritisation of research topics in paediatric critical care in Australia and New Zealand, and identifies study outcomes of key relevance to clinicians and experts in the field.

The Quest for the Appropriate Cyber-threat Intelligence Sharing Platform

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thanasis Chantzios ◽  
Paris Koloveas ◽  
Spiros Skiadopoulos ◽  
Nikos Kolokotronis ◽  
Christos Tryfonopoulos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intelligence Sharing ◽  
Threat Intelligence ◽  
Cyber Threat ◽  
Cyber Threat Intelligence

scholarly journals Quality indicators for Palliative Day Services: A modified Delphi study

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noleen K McCorry ◽  
Sean O’Connor ◽  
Kathleen Leemans ◽  
Joanna Coast ◽  
Michael Donnelly ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Quality Indicators ◽  
Delphi Study ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Panel Discussion ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
Modified Delphi ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Day Services

Background: The goal of Palliative Day Services is to provide holistic care that contributes to the quality of life of people with life-threatening illness and their families. Quality indicators provide a means by which to describe, monitor and evaluate the quality of Palliative Day Services provision and act as a starting point for quality improvement. However, currently, there are no published quality indicators for Palliative Day Services. Aim: To develop and provide the first set of quality indicators that describe and evaluate the quality of Palliative Day Services. Design and setting: A modified Delphi technique was used to combine best available research evidence derived from a systematic scoping review with multidisciplinary expert appraisal of the appropriateness and feasibility of candidate indicators. The resulting indicators were compiled into ‘toolkit’ and tested in five UK Palliative Day Service settings. Results: A panel of experts independently reviewed evidence summaries for 182 candidate indicators and provided ratings on appropriateness, followed by a panel discussion and further independent ratings of appropriateness, feasibility and necessity. This exercise resulted in the identification of 30 indicators which were used in practice testing. The final indicator set comprised 7 structural indicators, 21 process indicators and 2 outcome indicators. Conclusion: The indicators fulfil a previously unmet need among Palliative Day Service providers by delivering an appropriate and feasible means to assess, review, and communicate the quality of care, and to identify areas for quality improvement.

scholarly journals A Novel Trust Taxonomy for Shared Cyber Threat Intelligence

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas D. Wagner ◽  
Esther Palomar ◽  
Khaled Mahbub ◽  
Ali E. Abdallah
Keyword(s):  
Focal Point ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Illustrative Case ◽  
Sensitive Information ◽  
Trust Establishment ◽  
Intelligence Sharing ◽  
Threat Intelligence ◽  
Cyber Threat ◽  
High Level ◽  
Cyber Threat Intelligence

Cyber threat intelligence sharing has become a focal point for many organizations to improve resilience against cyberattacks. The objective lies in sharing relevant information achieved through automating as many processes as possible without losing control or compromising security. The intelligence may be crowdsourced from decentralized stakeholders to collect and enrich existing information. Trust is an attribute of actionable cyber threat intelligence that has to be established between stakeholders. Sharing information about vulnerabilities requires a high level of trust because of the sensitive information. Some threat intelligence platforms/providers support trust establishment through internal vetting processes; others rely on stakeholders to manually build up trust. The latter may reduce the amount of intelligence sources. This work presents a novel trust taxonomy to establish a trusted threat sharing environment. 30 popular threat intelligence platforms/providers were analyzed and compared regarding trust functionalities. Trust taxonomies were analyzed and compared. Illustrative case studies were developed and analyzed applying our trust taxonomy.

scholarly journals A Theoretical review on the importance of Threat Intelligence Sharing & The challenges intricated

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 3950-3956
Author(s):  
Sandhya Sukhabogi Et.al
Keyword(s):  
Cyber Defense ◽  
Related Data ◽  
Cyber Threats ◽  
Broad View ◽  
Intelligence Sharing ◽  
Threat Intelligence ◽  
Cyber Threat ◽  
Cyber Threat Intelligence ◽  
Day By Day

Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) is the emerging strategy of cyber defense which helps organizations to combat the latest and more sophisticated cyber threats. Gathering this threat information, analyzing and communicating it between the security teams is very difficult and challenging because of the heterogeneous aspects involved.  The necessity of sharing the intelligence related data collected by organizations is increasing day by day to counter the ever changing and highly dynamic threat landscape. In this paper an attempt is made to understand CTI concept and how it is collected and analyzed to form useful actionable intelligence are observed. The importance of Threat intelligence sharing, and various standards working in the area of TIS are also mentioned. Finally the primary challenges in TIS are given a light in a broad view

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